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Justin Paton was born on 1972 in New Zealand, is a New Zealand writer, art critic and curator. Discover Justin Paton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?
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Timeline
Justin Paton (born 1972) is a New Zealand writer, art critic and curator, currently based in Sydney, Australia.
In 1996–1997, Paton was the guest curator of The Harmony of Opposites, a major touring exhibition of the work of New Zealand artist Don Peebles, led by the Robert McDougall Art Gallery.
He wrote the text that accompanied the exhibition.
Paton was the curator of contemporary art at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery between 1999 and 2009.
He was the editor of New Zealand's oldest literary journal, Landfall, from 2000 until 2005.
Paton has also written extensively about artists, including a book about Australian sculptor Ricky Swallow in 2004, and essays about New Zealand painter Kushana Bush, Argentinian sculptor Adrián Villar Rojas, New Zealand artist Ronnie van Hout, and Australian painter Ben Quilty.
His book How to Look at a Painting (2005) was adapted into a 12-episode television series by TVNZ in 2011.
Paton studied art history and English at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.
After university, Paton worked as an art critic for New Zealand newspaper The Press.
Paton's book How to Look at a Painting was published in 2005.
It was critically well-received, being selected as the Best Art Book of 2005 by both the New Zealand Listener and The Press, and won the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Contemporary Culture.
In 2009 he was appointed as the Senior Curator of the Christchurch Art Gallery.
How to Look at a Painting was adapted into a 12-episode television series by TVNZ, which aired in 2011.
Paton presented the show.
Kim Knight, reviewing the show for the Sunday Star Times, noted that "among the many things Paton does brilliantly is make art accessible to everyone".
Christopher Moore at The Press said Paton is "one of those rare individuals in the art world who can bring an artwork to life, inspiring you to plunge into the artist's imagination; to burrow beneath the surface of the canvas, paper and paint to see what lies beneath".
In 2012, Paton was the recipient of one of New Zealand's most prestigious literary awards, the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship.
He spent over six months living and working in Menton, France, where Katherine Mansfield lived and worked for part of her life.
His book De-Building, published in 2012, was the winner of the Judges' Special Award at the 2012 Museums Australia Multimedia & Publication Design Awards, and was shortlisted for the Mary Egan Award for Best Typography at the Publishers' Association of NZ (PANZ) Book Awards 2012.
Paton was the curator of New Zealand's official presentation by Bill Culbert at the 2013 Venice Biennale.
In 2014, Paton moved to Sydney to become the Head Curator of International Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
His book McCahon Country, about the works of famous New Zealand painter Colin McCahon, was published in 2019, marking the centenary of McCahon's birth.
It was long-listed for the Illustrated Non-fiction Award in the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
